Improvement in folding rocking-chairs



a. 0. WELL-MAN;

Folding Rocking-Chair.

No. 160,629. 'PatentedMarch9 1875.

THE GR APHIC C0.PHOTO LITH.39 &4l PARK PLACE, N.Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE O. WELLMAN, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING ROCKINGCHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,629, dated March 9,1875; application fied September 7, 1874.

-To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE 0. WELL- MAN, of Salem, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented auImproved FoldingRocking-Chair, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to an improved rooking-chair, capable of beingfolded up into a small compass, and in which the rocker is pivoted tothe rear standard of the chair, and

secured to the front standard in a slot in the and the standard A has ametal tongue or plate, H, which fits into the slot in the rocker, and itis secured in place by the hook E and eye F. The standard A extends downoutside the rocker, so that the rocker is clasped between the standardand the metal tongue H, which secures it firmly in place.

The seat and back of the chair may be formed in the usual manner, of asingle piece of cloth secured on the front and top of the standards.

A hook is provided for securing the rocker in place when the chair isfolded up.

I claim as my invent-ion In a folding-chair, the combination andarrangement of the folding rocker G, pivoted to the standard A, andsecured at the front end by the hook E.

GEORGE O. WELLMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BASSETT, WARREN L. MELOHER.

